Code for Australia and Victoria Legal Aid launch new online checker.Code for Australia (CfA) and Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) have just released a new online tool designed to make it easier for community members to gain access to legal assistance.The new technology was developed through the Code for Victoria Innovation Challenge with the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]
#BucketOpinion: Social Justice And Financially Compensating Victims Of Crime
icero said, ‘the more laws, the less justice’, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the criminal arena, where picking the victim in a criminal offence is not always as easy as it seems.Take two examples that St Johns Legal Centre has dealt with recently.A young woman, Jan, staying in a hostel, is harassed over a period of weeks by a man who is steadily becoming … [Read more...]
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